State v. Buchanan

STRUCKMEYER, Justice.

This cause was certified to this Court pursuant to Rule 346, Rules of Criminal Procedure, 17 A.R.S., for determination of an important and doubtful question of law.

The facts necessary to answer the question certified are these: The defendant was charged with robbery on February 2, 1962. On March 16, 1962, in a proper civil proceeding, A.R.S. § 36-514 et seq., he was adjudicated mentally ill and incompetent and ordered committed to a mental institution until restored to reason or otherwise dis charged according to law. He had not been discharged or otherwise restored to…